Victories

Changing lives and policies

We free people from prison who are being held unjustly because of who they are or what they believe. We change laws to protect millions of people’s human rights. We transform societies to be more fair, free, and just.

Here are our victories

Featured Victory

Marilin* (31) and Yunior* (11), have been released! Before the family’s release this week, Marilin faced an anniversary no parent would want: one year of lockup with her child simply for seeking safety here in the United States.

Marilin and Yunior were featured in our family detention campaign surge – several weeks of sustained actions, from grassroots activism to billboards, to drive attention to the dozens of families who are invisible behind detention walls in Pennsylvania and Texas. We want them and the government to know they’re not forgotten, and that we are working to free them all. 

Thank you all for your continuing support and activism on these case campaigns. Our collective action shines a bright light on these families and the unlawful detention of them and so many more people detained in immigration facilities, and helps push the needle for their release.

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Great News! Activist Released in Burundi

Faustin Ndikumana, President of the Burundian organization Words and Action for the Awakening of Conscience and the Evolution of Mindsets (PARCEM), was released on 21 February, after two weeks in…

March 2, 2012

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Great News! Woman Activist Released in Bahrain

Zainab al-Khawaja was released on 20 February after having been arrested on 12 February for participating in a protest. She was charged with “illegal gathering”.

March 2, 2012

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Great News! 14 Manama protestors released

On 14 February 2012 a judge ordered the release of 14 people who had been serving six-month sentences for taking part in an “illegal gathering” among other charges.

March 2, 2012

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Great News! Forced Eviction Halted

The planned demolition of the Railway Quarter in Port Harcourt was halted by the state authorities after pressure from the community, local NGOs and Amnesty International.

March 2, 2012

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Great News! Hasson Ba’oom Realeased Without Charge

Hassan Ba’oom, leader of a political opposition group in southern Yemen, was released without charge along with his son Fawaz Ba’oom on 7 December 2011. They had been detained incommunicado…

March 2, 2012

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Great News! Detained Activist Released on Bail

Three Zimbabwean activists from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) who were arrested in December 2011 have been released on bail. Two charges against them have now been dismissed by…

March 2, 2012

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Great News! Governor of Delaware Grants Clemency

The Governor of the US state of Delaware has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, three days before the prisoner was…

January 30, 2012